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"This short intellectual biography reassesses one of the premier Jewish humanists of the mid-twentieth century, the Rumanian-born, English-educated, American belletrist Maurice Samuel. Although he spoke in a staccato Midlands accent, Samuel left Manchester, England in 1913, joined the American...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Levenson, Alan T. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2022]
Colección:Jews and Judaism: history and culture
Temas:
Samuel, Maurice, > 1895-1972.
Samuel, Maurice, > 1895-1972
1900-1999
Jews, Romanian > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
Yiddish literature > History and criticism.
Jewish authors > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
Zionists > New York (State) > New York > Biography.
Judaism > 20th century.
Jewish learning and scholarship.
Littérature yiddish > Histoire et critique.
Écrivains juifs > New York (État) > New York > Biographies.
Judaïsme > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Juifs > Savoir et érudition.
Juifs roumains > New York (État) > New York > Biographies.
Zionists
Yiddish literature
Judaism
Jews, Romanian
Jewish learning and scholarship
Jewish authors
New York (N.Y.) > Biography.
New York (State) > New York
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Biographies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Making and Unmaking of a British Jewish Gentleman
  • 2. The Fifty-Year Career of a Zionist Publicist
  • 3. Moish Samuel: Forgotten Yiddishist
  • 4. Polemics and Apologetics
  • 5. The Fiction of Jewish Essentialism Exposed: Samuel and the Hebrew Bible
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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